Don't Be Such a Phag, Art

I decided to brave the Wilds the other day & started going through a folder I have called “Musick that Needs Work”. That means anything from cleaning up the sound to fixing the tags to getting the art work, whatever. So far I’m still in the ‘A’s (where I got the previous post American Taboo). Guess I’ll just keep on in alphawhatical order for a while longer (until boredom sets in or my attention span is maxed).

Now going by the handle Len von Speedcult, Len Puch is a metal fabricator, artist, & a musician. He likes making things & that's what he has done with his life: he has made things.

First he made music, in bands with names like Country Bob & the Bloodfarmers, a psychobilly/cowpunk band from the early 80s. They released one album on the Manster label.

Then he formed Snake-Out. This punk-gore-psychobilly-trash rock outfit created the template for the Detroit Garage sound. Modern-day hipsters might glorify the "old days" of Detroit Garage by name-checking as the "originators" of that scene the Gories. Well, Len produced their first album on his Wanghead with Lips label (he also produced the first album by Nine Pound Hammer).

Snake-Out is: Len Puch – guitar & vocals; Greg Mitchell – bass; & Tim Reagan – drums & yelps.

Snake-Out – Gollywobblers from Hell, Wanghead Records MA 1018, 1985.
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Side One –

Scary Mary

Tango with the Dead

I Was a Teenage Goiter

I Put a Spell on You (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins cover)

Side Two –

Soultrain

Fudgepacker

Fat Lisa

Floydmaster Stomp

Gruncher

After Snake-Out, Len has been in Elvis Hitler, Detroit Cobras, & The Fuknotz…but my favorite of Len’s bands is Art Phag.

Here's Art Phag's scorcher Gods of Grunge.

Art Phag trio are: John ‘Raz’ Rasmussen – vocals; Len Puch – guitar; & Tim Rounsifer – drums.

Art Phag – Gods of Grunge, Vinyl Drip International SUK 4, 1989.

Side 1 –

Chainsaw

Molly ‘n’ Bobby

A Boy & his Gun

Jungo Luv

High School Sweetheart

Brains

4 Basic Vegabo Groups

Starpeople

Nicolette

Side 2 –

Mexico Death Song

Hava Nagila

Going to Nevada

Lost My Baby in Outer Space

Untitled

Cities

Big Shot

Laughing Lady

Hey People

Speed cults,

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